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I was hoping for either a miracle or that he got to somehow stay with her....even as a ghost would've been okay. ;_____;

Erm, I'm not saying NaruxKeitarou was a better couple but I did think the canon was very very obvious from the get-go. Then again, I'm really good at predicting couples. XD Sometimes the author can throw me...but probably 8 times out of 10, my predictions come true.

I must concur, while I would have preferred MotokoxKeitaro or really just about ayone who isn't NaruxKeitaro I think it was exceedingly obvious it was going to be Naru from the get go, I was hoping for a curve ball, the ending definetly wasn't one though it was just as expected

Yeah, I agree the author intended it to be Naru+Keitaro from the get-go (and I know how canon goes typically), but (as sometimes happens while writing a story), the characters have their own ideas. Ken was simply writing a more cohesive, interesting, and believable story in Motoko's thread. Whereas Naru's thread in comparison read like a 'single note' stubborn "gonna marry you because you're the promised one". So when the author wrenched the story back to his originally intended ending, my "suspension of disbelief" was broken. My experience at the time in reading it was similar to one where the backdrop of the stage falls and we see the puppeteers jerking the puppets around -- it dashes the illusion the puppets are "real" and breaks the story.

If he'd left the Motoko thread less developed or more cantankerous, then going with Naru would have made a lot more sense.

Yeah, I agree the author intended it to be Naru+Keitaro from the get-go (and I know how canon goes typically), but (as sometimes happens while writing a story), the characters have their own ideas.

YES.
Sometimes people look at you like you're a loon when you tell them this...but I swear it's so TRUE.

*Chiibi writing a manga*
Male love interest: I'm the main character.
Chiibi:......uh...no, you're not.
MLI: Yes, I am.
Chiibi: NO, you're not! My heroine is the main character!
MLI: Look, you ended up focusing on me the whole time, and I have the most development out of everybody. SO I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER.
Chiibi:........... Oh......f*ck...how the hell did this happen!?

YES.
Sometimes people look at you like you're a loon when you tell them this...but I swear it's so TRUE.

*Chiibi writing a manga*
Male love interest: I'm the main character.
Chiibi:......uh...no, you're not.
MLI: Yes, I am.
Chiibi: NO, you're not! My heroine is the main character!
MLI: Look, you ended up focusing on me the whole time, and I have the most development out of everybody. SO I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER.
Chiibi:........... Oh......f*ck...how the hell did this happen!?

lol

It's probably because he looks so damn dreamy! Damn you and your dashing good looks and dreamy eyes!

YES.
Sometimes people look at you like you're a loon when you tell them this...but I swear it's so TRUE.

*Chiibi writing a manga*
Male love interest: I'm the main character.
Chiibi:......uh...no, you're not.
MLI: Yes, I am.
Chiibi: NO, you're not! My heroine is the main character!
MLI: Look, you ended up focusing on me the whole time, and I have the most development out of everybody. SO I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER.
Chiibi:........... Oh......f*ck...how the hell did this happen!?

lol

The characters in my light fiction story demand regular conferences to discuss plot.